Thursday, December 24, 2009

Thoughts on Christmas

I am a New York Times junkie, and came across a post that was not riveting, but had a poem that I loved:I asked for strength and God gave me difficulties to make me strongI asked for wisdom and God gave me problems to solveI asked for prosperity and God gave me a brain and brawn to workI asked for courage and God gave me dangers to overcomeI asked for love and God gave me people to helpI asked for favors and God gave me opportunitiesI received nothing I wantedI received everything I needed.

for the full post: http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/12/24/finding-gifts-in-hard-times/

May we all remember the gifts we're given, even if we don't recognize them as gifts at the time